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On its peak day this holiday shopping season, Amazon sold an astonishing 26.5 million items at a rate of 306 items per second. And the honor of being the “#1 best-selling, most gifted, and most wished for product” goes to Amazon’s Kindle Fire HD. The release is chock full of wins for Amazon but take…
The world didn’t end last Friday just like the world didn’t end in the year 2000, with failing computers deleting bank accounts and crashing airplanes. That doesn’t mean the world isn’t going to end. It will. And if we keep our current operating systems, this is the exact date when all goes poof: 15:30:08 UTC…
You’ve probably seen the deeply silly Randi Zuckerberg photo privacy story going around. But the lesson learned might be more about how little everyone knows about Facebook itself, like these goons on the Today show. https://gizmodo.com/randi-zuckerberg-is-just-as-confused-by-facebook-privac-5971227 Here’s a clip from this morning’s Today show: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the…
Imagine for a second that your smartphone could snap in-focus images every single time. Kind of like the Lytro camera you can buy today. While it might seem like a pipe dream, we might actually see it in the next two years thanks to Toshiba. https://gizmodo.com/lytro-light-field-camera-this-is-what-new-feels-like-5890028 Reports out of Japan say the Japanese company has…
High speed rail may be a quixotic public works project here in California but for China, it’s a cornerstone of the country’s transportation infrastructure. Yesterday, Chinese officials expanded that infrastructure by inaugurating the longest such rail line on Earth and announced plans for seven more. While not nearly as fast as the Tokyo-Nagoya mag-lev line…
Dr. Ralph Stanley – Wind Gap – 2012 You may know recognize the name from the O’ Brother Where Art Thou soundtrack (he did O Death and origianlly wrote Man of Constant Sorrow) but Dr. Stanely is actually a pioneering force of the genre. He and his brother Carter began recording ole-timey tunes all the…
FlashArmyKnife in the iOS App Store has secret built-in powers that will allow you to tether you iPhone to a computer for no extra charge. The app costs $2, while using your iPhone’s data connection on a separate device would cost you a monthly fee. As we said before, the app’s tethering capabilities are secret…
If you’ve seen one of the more recent trailers for BioShock Infinite or Jack Reacher, then you’ve probably heard Nico Vega though you might not have heard of them before that. I randomly stumbled onto this video shortly after it dropped on YouTube in early 2009. And they’ve been one of my favorite bands ever…
Authorities expect more debris from the March 2011 Japanese Tsunami to wash up on the Pacific Coast this winter. Seasonal changes in ocean currents and North Pacific winds will push the 1.5 million tons of debris still out there towards our shores. Just last week, authorities in Washington State were nervously tracking the massive dock…
You already saw Apple’s selection for best apps of the year 2012—which were kind of crappy and ridiculous. Here’s Google’s own list of best apps for Android. It’s not much better than Apple’s. Check them out and tell us what you think in the comments. https://gizmodo.com/apples-iphone-app-of-the-year-is-a-joke-right-5968247 To see this in list form, click here. https://gizmodo.com/these-are-the-best-android-apps-of-the-year-according-t-5971391…
Yesterday you got some sweet new gifts. Now it’s time to write thank you notes. Card Lust is an easy, thoughtful way to do that. What does it do? Lets you choose from 12 different beautiful cards handpainted by artists Elspeth Tremblay and Sara Hingle to send to friends or family via Facebook, email, Instagram,…
Brooklyn Butcher Blocks are custom pieces for your kitchen that are absolutely gorgeous. This walnut model is no exception. I want to possess it utterly. The best cutting boards are made out of thick wood, because they’re better for your knives. And cutting on something that solid is more stable and just feels better. This…
New Years Eve can get a little crazy, and if you try to wish everyone you know luck for 2013 just as as the ball drops, you will fail. Hammering out dozens of messages on your phone with your clumsy midnight fingers over clogged data airwaves will not work. Sorry. But! If sending heartfelt messages…
Finding the perfect Christmas gifts for your friends and family is a real challenge. And as you struggle to find things they might like, don’t forget they’re trying to do the same for you. So when you open that bright pink sweater, or the coffee maker they already got you last year, just smile politely…
Remember that fake image of a Dubai shopping mall flooded by a broken shark tank? Well, it has happened for real inside a shopping center in Shanghai, China, where 33 tons of water and three sharks invaded the mall after the glass shattered into multiple deadly shards. There are 15 people injured. According to local…
I wasn’t supposed to be here today. Growing up, I was obsessed with dinosaurs and dreamed of becoming a paleontologist—the thought of sifting through heaps of stone and soil was far more enticing than fighting fires or learning Ninjutsu, my two fallback careers. But then Calvin’s dad went and blew my mind. “How is that…
Seasonal gifting is finished. Your Amazon boxes are flattened, discarded wrapping paper is headed to the landfill, and there’s a good chance Santa brought you a beautiful new gadget. There’s also a slim chance you’ve already broken your new precious; don’t laugh, here are nine idiots who’ve already done it. It’s time to buy a…
Sonos wireless sound systems might not be cheap, but their easily switchable, multi-zone design makes having wireless music throughout your house simple. In 2012, the company added a burly sub to its lineup of products, and from the looks of this FCC filing, a sound bar, called the Playbar, might drop soon. https://gizmodo.com/sonos-sub-lightning-review-lots-of-bang-lots-of-bucks-5919571 Now as…
In a move that surprised no one, you totally overdid it yesterday. You had to have thirds on ham. You took down a gallon of spiked eggnog. You were feeling festive, but now you feel like crap. Here are five tips to get you back to normal as quickly as possible. 1. Just Add Water…
Santa brought lots of good boys and girls across the world new iPhones yesterday. Hurray, Christmas! Unfortunately, with new iPhones come the perils of iPhone ownership, which is to say, that many of these beautiful new handsets are already broken. Here are some poor saps who already busted their new toys.
